A joint call with Edale MRT to a lady out for an afternoon walk near Great Longstone. Unfortunalty she tripped over her dogs and sustained a dislocated knee. East Midlands Ambulance Service responded initially and requested assistance from mountain rescue. After splinting her leg she was placed on a stretcher and carried back to an ambulance parked on a nearby road.
A walker fell sustaining a head injury near the top of Grindsbrook. Buxton team members along with Edale Mountain Rescue Team were called to assist the evacuation. Helimed 54 managed to drop a doctor and paramedic to start patient assessment. Given the location and fortunate good condition of the walker, they were walked down with the Air ambulance doctor and paramedic. Mountain rescue team members met the group half way down grindsbrook and assisted in getting the walker back to the roadhead.
As the team were packing up from the previous call out we were then called back to Rushup Edge to another injured Paraglider. The paraglider who landed awkwardly losing momentary consciousness and he injured his wrist. He was assessed and placed on a stretcher, then carried to the main road for transport to the hospital by East Midlands Ambulance Service.
As call out 30 was concluding the team were contacted to assist Edale Mountain Rescue Team with a walker who had taken a fall on Stanage Edge. A couple had walked from Hathersage to Stanage edge and a simple trip on the bouldery footpath had resulted in a painful knee dislocation. The casualty was carried to the road on the stretcher for the onward transport to hospital by East Midlands Ambulance Service for her injuries to be assess.
